Taxi and Limousine Commission

News about Taxi and Limousine Commission, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Chronology of Coverage

Jul. 18, 2015

New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission announces that most taxi owners in city will be required to switch to so-called Taxi of Tomorrow, car model produced by Nissan. MORE

Jun. 26, 2015

New York State Court of Appeals rules New York City has authority to select model for its taxi, ending protracted legal tussle; Taxi and Limousine Commission will phase in Nissan NV200 model. MORE

Jun. 23, 2015

Taxi and Limousine Commission passes new rules that require car services to estimate total amount impending ride is going to cost passenger and give itemized receipts; rules also require drivers' ride-hailing apps to be locked while cars are in motion, to prevent driver distractions. MORE

May. 29, 2015

Taxi and Limousine Commission says new proposals aimed at strengthening regulation of car-hailing apps have been widely mischaracterized; Uber, which calls measures threat to innovation, testifies at hearing. MORE

May. 14, 2015

Uber, along with Internet titans like Facebook, Google and Twitter, assails New York City proposal that they say would give Taxi and Limousine Commission veto power over updates to apps that arrange livery services; Uber, which operates some 16,000 cars in New York and has emerged as threat to traditional taxi industry, is widely perceived as target of rule. MORE

Mar. 9, 2015

Prospective New York City taxi drivers will no longer face rigorous 80-question geography test; New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission officials say new, simplified exam acknowledges emergence of GPS navigation, allowing test to cover more safety issues; industry experts say new test also reflects need to compete with emerging services like Uber and Lyft, whose drivers are not required to obtain hack licenses. MORE

Nov. 30, 2014

Greater New York Taxi Association, trade group for city’s taxi medallion owners, is seeking independent investigation into Taxi and Limousine Commission reports claiming that average prices for taxi medallions were stable since spring 2013, even though data analysis shows they had fallen 17 percent. MORE

Jul. 26, 2014

Car-hailing company Lyft, which relies on drivers' private vehicles, reaches deal to operate in New York City; according to the deal, its drivers will be subject to same rules as those who already operate for-hire vehicles under the Taxi and Limousine Commission. MORE

May. 20, 2014

Ashwini Chhabra is leaving New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission to become head of policy development and community engagement at Uber, creator of smartphone app that could upend decades of street-hailing history in New York; during tenure as deputy commissioner for policy and planning, Chhabra says, commission did not always progress as quickly as he would have liked on smartphone apps. MORE

May. 17, 2014

New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission says it expects to issue new permits for popular green taxis at end of summer; there are currently more than 5,000 such vehicles, which behave like the predominant yellow cabs but operate in areas where yellow cabs rarely go. MORE

Mar. 9, 2014

Mayor Bill de Blasio says he will nominate Meera Joshi, who served as general counsel of the Taxi and Limousine Commission, as its chairwoman, moving to fill a lingering vacancy at the agency, which he chided frequently during the mayoral campaign. MORE

Jan. 5, 2014

FYI column answers questions about Christmas dinner served to inmates at Rikers Island, New York's yellow taxis and connection between Bogart Street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn and actor Humphrey Bogart. MORE

Dec. 31, 2013

New York City's Taxi and Limousine Commission releases data on driver and passenger demographics as Commissioner David S Yassky departs. MORE

Dec. 20, 2013

New York City's taxi industry dispenses with any pretense of mixed emotions at final Taxi and Limousine Commission meeting before end of Bloomberg era; industry officials chastise city for failing to listen to them, condemn final rule changes to be voted on by agency, and allude to myriad lawsuits that have gone against city in recent years. MORE

Oct. 9, 2013

New York State Supreme Court Justice Shlomo S Hagler blocks New York City’s plan for a nearly uniform fleet of yellow taxis, dealing potentially decisive blow to one of Bloomberg administration’s signature transportation initiatives; says city’s Taxi and Limousine Commission had exceeded its authority by requiring cab operators to buy the Nissan NV200, so-called Taxi of Tomorrow. MORE

Sep. 20, 2013

Democratic New York City mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio says that, if elected, he will immediately replace the current Taxi and Limousine Commissioner David S Yassky, drawing a stern response from a coalition of cabbies and setting off a Twitter battle. MORE

Aug. 21, 2013

New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission is proposing to regulate use of the color green after city's all-borough street-hail cab’s hue was mimicked by operators without permits, repainting their vehicles to appear official. MORE

Jun. 21, 2013

New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission approves adjusted set of rules in bid to introduce its Taxi of Tomorrow as scheduled in fall; vote, 7 to 1, is likely to prompt another deluge of litigation from yellow taxi operators, who oppose plan, which would require nearly every cab to be a Nissan NV200; some argue that city does not have authority to mandate the purchase of a specific vehicle. MORE

May. 5, 2013

David S Yassky, head of New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission, describes his typical Sunday routine. MORE

Apr. 22, 2013

Pilot program from New York City's Taxi and Limousine Commission is using electric Nissan Leaf vehicles to test whether taxi drivers will incorporate the technology, which includes 60 to 90 minutes of charging time needed daily, into their routines; program comes months before the city's Taxis of Tomorrow, a nearly uniform fleet of Nissan NV200s, hit the road. MORE

Dec. 13, 2012

New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission chairman David S Yassky says panel is likely to consider pilot program for allowing taxi-hailing smartphone apps, which allow drivers to receive requests and confirm pickup locations; some board members remain skeptical about the program and prefer a trial period before deciding to make the apps a permanent tool for hailing taxis in New York. MORE

Nov. 30, 2012

New York City’s Taxi and Limousine Commission votes to overhaul the roof-light system for yellow cabs, which have long been criticized for being confusing to potential passengers trying to determine if a passing cab is on-duty. MORE

Oct. 18, 2012

David S Yassky, chairman of New York City's Taxi and Limousine Commission, defends his decision to delay the endorsement of mobile apps that would allow users to hail taxi cabs digitally; Uber Technologies introduced such a service earlier in September, but has since suspended the service, citing 'obstacles and roadblock's placed before it by the city. MORE

Oct. 17, 2012

Uber, whose mobile app helps taxi drivers and would-be passengers find one another, announces that it is halting its partnership with New York City taxis; company officials say that while demand for their smartphone application was high, business faltered because not enough drivers signed on, fearing reprisal from the city's Taxi and Limousine Commission over existing prohibitions on prearranged rides. MORE

Sep. 21, 2012

New York’s Taxi and Limousine Commission adopts the standards for the Nissan NV200, its so-called Taxi of Tomorrow, which medallion owners will be required to buy beginning in late 2013; choice has drawn ire of proponents of accessibility and of environmental advocates, as the vehicle is not wheelchair-accessible without retrofitting and its introduction will reduce the number of hybrid taxis in the city. MORE

Sep. 7, 2012

New York City issues a reminder that smartphone apps designed to hail taxicabs or make payments are not permitted under current regulations, one day after Uber unveils just such a mobile app; Taxi and Limousine Commission says devices run afoul of current contract guidelines, but that rules could be updated, after contract expires in February 2013, to accommodate a broader use of such mobile applications. MORE

Jul. 10, 2012

New York City’s Taxi and Limousine Commission is poised to vote on measure that would raise fares by an average of 17 percent per ride; increase would come from raising the charges for distance and time, putting the burden on those who take longer cab rides. MORE

Jun. 13, 2012

New York City Council plans to pass legislation that would raise fines on cabdrivers who knowingly shuttle sex trafficking victims, and would direct the Taxi and Limousine Commission to educate drivers about the issue; bill is part of what Speaker Christine C Quinn says is broader effort to curb sex trafficking in New York City. MORE

May. 26, 2012

Editorial on New York City's Taxi and Limousine Commission proposing a fare hike by as much as 20 percent; acknowledges that taxi drivers deserve a raise, but cautions that a New York City cab cannot become unaffordable; supports a fare increase of 12.5 percent and suggests that the extra goes directly to hard-working taxi drivers. MORE

May. 22, 2012

New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission agrees to formally consider a proposal from the yellow cab industry that would raise taxi fares by as much as 20 percent, a significant increase to pricing structure that has been virtually unchanged since 2006; proposal comes during a time of flux for the taxicab industry, which has experienced some of the biggest upheavals in its history. MORE

Mar. 20, 2012

Officers at the Taxi and Limousine Commission, as part of crackdown on unlicensed taxis, have seized so many cars that New York City has run out of space to keep them. MORE

Jan. 9, 2012

Miniature television screens will not be mandatory in back seats of the new livery cabs in New York City under preliminary plan expected to be unveiled in February by the Taxi and Limousine commission. MORE

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